(Los Angeles) “Canelo” Alvarez, undisputed super middleweight champion, wants to beat Gennady Golovkin “by knockout. “, in their third fight on September 17, to dispel any doubt after the previous two close clashes, which ended in a draw and a victory on points for the Mexican.
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“I’m going to get the K.-O. from the first round, ”promised the Mexican, during a brief round table in the presence of some media, including AFP, prior to a press conference in Los Angeles.
Before a first nose against nose of more than a minute in an electric atmosphere, “Canelo” verbally attacked his opponent.
“I still fight 100%, that’s how I fight, but now I feel more motivated, more dangerous…especially against this guy, Golovkin, who says a lot of bullshit, it’s going to be a good fight”, he said.
“He always says I’m scared, I’m running away, he says a lot about me. He always pretends to be a good guy, but he’s an asshole, ”he said again.
Before ending their trilogy at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas (Nevada), the 31-year-old Mexican and the 40-year-old Kazakh first had to settle for a controversial draw in 2017, with many observers having to the time named Golovkin as the winner. The second confrontation, in September 2018, had turned in favor of “Canelo” by majority decision.
The two boxers will fight this time in the super middleweight category, one category above. The one in which the Mexican is the holder of all the belts, which he will therefore put into play, after having failed to impose his domination among the light heavyweights, clearly beaten by unanimous decision, at the beginning of May, by the Russian Dimitry Bivol, champion WBA.
“It was very important to come back quickly. A lot of people take a year or two to come back after a loss. But I want to be one of the best fighters in history. I feel that I am more motivated. I am a much more dangerous boxer because, I approach this fight after a defeat”, assured “Canelo”, adding: “Golovkin will be surprised to see how much I have improved, the strength which is mine” .